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 One
of the largest container ships these days definitely is the Cosco
Yantian, property of the Cosco Shipping. The vessel is large and
has a length of 350 meters, and width of 43 meters. The draft of
the Cosco Yantian is 27.30 meters and with these measurements the
vessel has own deadweight of 107,000 metric tons, which is pretty
good and make this vessel through the largest from this category.
The gross tonnage of Cosco Yantian is 109,149 metric tons and the
net tonnage is 52,743 metric tons. The TEU capacity of the ship
is 9,469 containers, too much behind the largest fourt container
ships, but Cosco Yantian is definitely very interesting and large
engineer outfit. The vessel is from type Post-Panamax and this means
that this vessel is the largest allowed sized ship, which can pass
through Panama channel. That is very important for profitability
of the ship, and this is important mostly for the company, operating
with the vessel.
The vessel is making now
regular routes between Asia and Europe, and visits one of the largest
ports of the world – Rotterdam and Shanghai. The ship is pretty
new, built in 2006, with many innovations and very good design.
Cosco Yantian is sailing under the flag of Pireaus, Greece and IMO
number 9305594.  The
ship was built by high rated ship-yard of Hyundai Heavy Industries,
and the main engine is coming from the new generation. The main
engine of Cosco Yantian is Mitsubishi, with full power of 51,965
hp at 95 rpm. The engine gives enough power to the ship to sail
with more than 25 knots, cruising speed while fully loaded. The
maximum speed of the ship is 27 knots, but economy one if 25.4 knots.
That is pretty good for a ship, because simple calculations will
tell you that increasing of speed will decrease expenses for the
ship-owner and will increase the incomes for him too. And this is
the most important of this business. The developments in the engine
control room are very much, and the engine room can be controlled
very easily from distance, which is important for the engineers
of this vessel. Almost all of the sensors are very sensitive and
inform about any problem just in time. The system for information
is very reliable, almost as much as the engineer officers. That
is making the engineer watch easier, and reliable engineers are
not having any problems with the system. Also the bridge is improved
and good wings are giving possibility to watch the surrounding atmosphere
of 360 degrees.
date: 10th June, 2008 |
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